Coast Guard cleaning up mile-long oil spill in Galveston Bay

Coast Guard targets spill off San Leon

U.S. Coast Guard officials were working Tuesday to clean up a spill in San Leon in Galveston Bay, a Coast Guard official said.

Tests are under way to determine the source of the mile-long slick that coated the shoreline around April Fool's Point in San Leon, said Petty Officer Prentice Danner of the U.S. Coast Guard's Houston office.

About 30 employees of Phoenix Environmental were at the scene Tuesday cleaning up the slick on the rocks. The crews worked over the weekend as well.

Danner said it's too early to determine if any there is any environmental damage from the spill. He said the tests would determine what the substance is, and possibly where it originated.